BlockThe nomination, in full
Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.
FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings betweeninventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north See attached map UTM REFERENCE 19.314390.4690370 Natick, Mass. USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 59 FORM NO. 4255 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Town Newton (Auburndale) Address 473 Auburn St Historic Name Whittemore's Tavern/ Bourne House Use: Presentdwelling (vacant) Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c.1724 Source Jackson Homestead Public.
Style vernacular Georgian Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates)porch added to west elevation-20th c. Condition fair Moved no Date Acreage less than one acre Setting suburban residential-over- looking Mass, Turnpike Recorded by B. Fernald, rev, H.White Organization Newton Historical Jomm. Date 2/1/80 : 3/86 IATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (ffapplicable) The Bourne House meets Criterion A as a structure built by one of the area's first white settlers. During the Revolution it operated as tavern briefly. criterion C is also met as the Bourne House is one of the village's few surviving 18th century structures. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of sther buildings within the community.
The Bourne House exhibits several characteristic features of vernacular farmhouses of the pre-Revolutionary era. It is sited facing south, to maximize the advantage of the winter sun. A 2-$ rectangular plan structure, it has two wings on the north elevation. The main block of the house follows the two-room, central hall plan. A pair of interior chimneys service the main block and north wings. The asymmetrical window placement of the main facade suggests that the house may have been originally built as a half-house, which was later expanded into a two-room plan. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the suilding relates to the development of the community. - The Bourne House or whittemore's Tavern is one of Very few remaining 18th century structures in Auburndale.
It was probably built c.1724 by William Robinson II, son of one of the area's original settlers. During the 1760s a tavern operated from the house, which fronts on Auburn Street which had been laid out in 1729. During the 19th century, Willlam Bourne and his family owned the house. Bourne, a farmer, realized the increased value of his acreage, during Auburndale's early period of suburbanization, and he and his brother Benjamin laid out several nearby streets (Woodbine St, Noodbine Terr, and Bourne St) and sold off parcels as houselots. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases: 1874, 1886, 1895, 1907 Friends of the Jackson Homestead, Newton's Older Homes: Auburndale 1971, n.p. 8/85 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 For NPS use onty recelved 1/23/5 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Newton MRA Middlesex County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 121. Whittemore's Tavern-- Bourne House Date/Signature Eptered in the liatlenal Begister teeper delomßyun 91464 122. Working Boys Home Interad in fKeeper Matlonnl Resister AelmeByun 11/16 123. Attest 123. Brae-Burn Historic Districtintered in the sateoed 1foeistorfuieeper AeluuAyund/4f5e Attest 124. Commonwealth Avenue Historign Deisedr fet the National Register eeper AebunAge 3/0/2e Attest 125. Day Estate Historic District untered in the Reeper National Register Aklumßgun Afatse Attest 126. Gray Clifi Historic District (Boundary Increase) Entered in the National Registez Keeper AelaueByen 2/449C 127. Monadnock Read Historic District Attest CKeeper delreBye 210/50 Entered in the National Reglater 128.
Morton Road Historic Distrifhtered in the National Register Attest Keeper AelmnBzen 316150 * 129. Newton Highlands Historic District (Boundary Increase) * 130. Nevtonville Historic District (Boundary Increase) Attest Sorkeeper Attest Lavany faeeper Attest Bayok Saurze 414/50 2lt/a 86001896 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Whittemore's Tavern--Bourne House (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample Lrequest Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: JUL 23 1086 Date Due: _ 21/86 - 2/3/87 16/8 Action: _ -ACCEPT 9-4 Entered in the -RETURN Matlopal Registex _REJECT_ Federal Agency: - Jappeal L NR decision Recom./Criteria Reviewer - Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one -unaltered J altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one - original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception - other 303 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13.
Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed - Date Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Whittemeré's Tavern -- Buurr Newton, Mass: MRA 473 Auburn St, Aubi 79-D-24 (21) DBINE ECTION BLOCK BLO CTION 0 ROCKWOOD TERRACE 20 STREET 3 =rg TERRACE SECTION BLOCK 19 13 AUBURN 10 SECTION BLOCK STREET 3 CENTRAL WOODAND TURNPIKE ROUTE 13 PENN MASSACHUSSETTS INTERSTATE CENTRAL SECTION BLOCK 43 23 City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 38 Metric Series. Scale: UTM grid line interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 473 Auburn Street, Auburndale 41-12-12